Richard Stuart
- Republican
- Senator
- District 25
Primary
Prohibits any person from holding a handheld personal communications device while driving a motor vehicle. Current law prohibits only the reading of any email or text message and manually entering letters or text in such a device as a means of communicating. The bill expands the exemptions to include handheld personal communications devices that are being held and used (i) as an amateur radio or a citizens band radio; or (ii) for official Department of Transportation or traffic incident management services.
Passed House with amendment (70-Y 29-N)
Engrossed by House as amended
Committee amendment agreed to
Read third time
Read second time
Placed on Calendar
Read first time
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
Read second time
Reading of substitute waived
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1341S1
Passed by for the day
Committee substitute agreed to 19106056D-S1
Rereferred to Courts of Justice
Referred to Committee on Transportation
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104282D
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| Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104282D | HTML |
| Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106056D-S1 | HTML |
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